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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

Kanye West

Kanye West attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP)
May 18, 2025, 5:34 am
Kanye West’s pro-Hitler song racks up millions of views on X
The song, ‘Heil Hitler,’ has been removed from Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Music, but has been seen nearly 10 million times on Elon Musk’s social media platform
By AFP
Joe Rogan attends UFC 274 at Footprint Center on May 7, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images/AFP)
May 17, 2025, 3:52 am
Joe Rogan defends Kanye West’s ‘Heil Hitler,’ echoes antisemitic stereotypes in song
Podcaster claims banning track would ‘kind of support what [Ye] says, which is that there’s this concerted effort, if you talk about Jewish people, that they’re going to remove you from everything’
By Grace Gilson
A still from "Heil Hitler," a new music video from Ye, in the rapper's latest embrace of antisemitism, May 8, 2025. (Screenshot via YouTube)
May 9, 2025, 5:25 am
Self-described Nazi rapper Kanye West releases new song titled ‘Heil Hitler’
West reportedly claims song comes in response to having assets frozen, losing custody of children; clip features black men chanting Nazi slogan
By JTA and ToI Staff
FILE - Kanye West, known as Ye, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, on March 11, 2022(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
March 8, 2025, 7:49 am
Adidas sells last Kanye West shoes, donates some proceeds to charity
Beneficiaries includes causes fighting discrimination, antisemitism; German sports apparel company cut ties with rapper, now known as Ye, after his antisemitic online rant in 2022
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Deputy Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson. (X via JTA)
March 6, 2025, 11:03 am
Deputy Pentagon press secretary wrote antisemitic posts about Leo Frank
Kingsley Wilson shared conspiracy theories about Jewish victim of notorious 1915 lynching; has expressed support for prominent antisemite Kanye West and far-right German AfD party
By Ben Sales
Self-proclaimed misogynist social media influencer Andrew Tate addresses the media as his brother Tristan looks on, after arriving in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
March 1, 2025, 8:27 am
Influencer Andrew Tate returns to US, bringing his misogynistic antisemitism with him
Far-right content creator, who has praised Hamas as ‘masculine resistance,’ couldn’t leave Romania since 2022 due to rape charges, but prosecutors lifted ban in possible gesture to Trump
By Andrew Lapin
At least three purveyors of Kanye West-inspired Jewishwear have emerged in the days following the rapper's swastika shirt brouhaha. (Collage by JTA)
February 14, 2025, 7:45 am
In act of defiance, Jews produce T-shirts responding to Kanye’s antisemitic merch
Rapper’s swastika shirt is no longer for sale online, but spin-offs from Jewish groups push back on hate with messages of ‘pride, philosemitism, and American values’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Kanye West, left and, Bianca Censori arrive during the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game, February 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark Von Holden)
February 14, 2025, 3:36 am
‘The swastika shirt was the last straw’: Kanye West and wife reportedly split up
Reports on split between rapper, Bianca Censori follow extended rant in which he boasted of being a ‘Nazi’ and said he had ‘dominion over’ her
By AFP
An AI-generated version of Adam Sandler appears in a celebrity-studded AI video rejecting Kanye West's antisemitism. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 12, 2025, 6:48 am
In AI video, Jewish celebrities give Kanye West the middle finger
Israeli entrepreneur creates clip with prominent American Jews, none of whom consented to participating, in rejection of rapper’s antisemitism
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Kanye West attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP)
February 11, 2025, 7:55 am
Amid antisemitic rants, Kanye West Super Bowl ad plugs site selling only swastika hoodie
X account of musician now known as ‘Ye’ goes offline after days-long posting streak that included designer, self-identified as a ‘Nazi,’ making multiple antisemitic statements
By Agencies
Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy/AFP)
February 8, 2025, 3:56 am
Kanye West praises Hitler, calls himself a Nazi in fresh antisemitic X rant
Rapper claims antisemitism is ‘just some bulls–t Jewish people made up’ and says he’s ‘going to normalize talking about’ the Nazi leader, in remarks resembling his 2022 tirades
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Then-US president Donald Trump meets with rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 11, 2018. (SEBASTIAN SMITH/AFP)
August 7, 2024, 1:24 pm
Trump claims Kanye West ‘has a good heart’ in interview with Jewish gamer Adin Ross
Former US president defends antisemitic rapper as ‘really nice guy,’ repeats old lie that 2020 election was ‘rigged,’ says Iran wouldn’t attack Israel if he were in the White House
By Andrew Lapin
Royce White, an NBA player turned right-wing podcaster, received the Minnesota GOP's endorsement for Senate on May 18, 2024. (Screenshot via X)
May 21, 2024, 9:58 am
Royce White, podcaster who railed against Jews, wins Republican nod in Minnesota
Candidate has described himself as an ‘antisemite,’ said Jews invoke Holocaust to cover for corruption, and called Israel the ‘lynchpin of the New World Order’
By JTA
File - Rapper Kanye West wears a Make America Great Again hat during a meeting with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
April 3, 2024, 8:47 am
Kanye West sued by ex-employee for racism, Nazi abuse
Trevor Phillips demands $35,000 compensation from disgraced rapper over Hitler praise, yelling at Black people, rants against Jews and overweight workers
By AFP
Ozzy Osbourne performing at half time during an NFL Professional Football Game between the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills on September. 8, 2021, in Inglewood, California (AP Photo/John McCoy)
February 10, 2024, 10:19 pm
Ozzy Osbourne slams ‘antisemitic’ Kanye after unapproved sample use
‘I want no association with this man!’ legendary Black Sabbath lead singer says
By ToI Staff
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